“Availability charge” means a sum of money charged or assessed against a property or property owner when such property has sanitary sewers available to it but the property is not connected to a sanitary sewer. The availability charge shall be in an amount equal to the base monthly sewer rate and applicable surcharges and fees that would be charged against the property, or a similar property or land use, if the property were connected to an available sanitary sewer system.

“Available” means a property which meets the requirements of LMC 12.15.025.

“Building sewer” means a sewer line extending from the structure’s plumbing facilities to the sewer main.

“City Manager” means the City of Lakewood City Manager or such other duly authorized representative or designee as the City Manager may so authorize to act or ensure the enforcement of this chapter. The City Manager may designate a City official or an official from the public sanitary sewer purveyor to act upon, implement or enforce any portion of this chapter.

“Interim on-site septic system” means an existing on-site septic tank system of sewerage in use upon a property when the public sanitary sewer system is available to the property or property owner.

“Sewage” means waste discharged from the plumbing facilities of structures.

“Sewer main” means a public sewer system pipe designed for and used to transport sewage and to which a building sewer can connect. The term “sewer main” excludes building sewers.

“Structure” means any building, manufactured home, or enclosure that contains or should contain plumbing facilities for the disposal of sewage. [Ord. 584 § 1, 2014; Ord. 530 § 1, 2011.]